Oroville Municipal Airport

KOVE · California, United States

Climate Oroville Municipal Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Oroville Municipal Airport (KOVE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.5 61 62 87 81 77
February 87.1 87 70 99 89 100
March 89.1 92 75 92 96 95
April 95.1 94 93 100 98
May 98.1 100 99 99 98
June 99.0 100 96 100 100
July 99.0 100 99 93 100
August 91.9 99 99 73 79
September 92.0 95 97 100 60
October 93.9 85 100 93 84
November 80.2 92 74 71 96
December 75.0 81 65 48 87
Average 88.4 75.8 87.1 92.7 86.9 89.5

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.0 80 68 92 90 88
February 94.5 98 88 100 94 100
March 96.0 100 87 97 98 100
April 98.4 99 99 100 100
May 99.2 100 99 99 99
June 99.6 100 98 100 100
July 99.5 100 99 97 100
August 95.2 100 99 87 85
September 95.4 100 98 100 70
October 95.4 88 100 95 88
November 86.0 95 84 78 98
December 83.3 89 77 66 91
Average 93.6 89.7 92.4 96.0 92.0 93.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.2 14 14 16 15 14
February 16.6 16 14 20 18 20
March 18.6 15 15 23 19 19
April 24.0 23 24 27 25
May 28.7 22 29 31 30
June 33.6 31 35 35 34
July 37.2 38 37 39 37
August 35.9 36 37 36 37
September 32.3 30 33 34 34
October 26.9 27 28 24 30
November 18.3 20 17 18 19
December 14.0 16 12 12 15
Average 23.8 15.1 24.0 26.4 24.9 26.1

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.1 8 6 4 6 6
February 5.8 8 4 5 7 6
March 7.7 9 7 9 6 8
April 10.3 9 10 10 12
May 13.6 17 13 14 15
June 17.8 17 18 19 18
July 19.8 21 19 20 19
August 19.4 20 19 19 21
September 16.6 16 18 16 18
October 11.4 12 13 12 13
November 7.3 8 5 9 6
December 4.9 7 4 6 5
Average 11.2 8.0 11.5 11.7 11.5 12.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.0 12 19 1 4 4
February 7.6 12 11 0 2 0
March 9.3 15 23 1 3 6
April 4.4 1 5 1 1
May 2.5 0 2 0 1
June 0.5 0 2 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 2 0 0 0
September 0.5 1 2 0 0
October 1.4 3 0 6 0
November 5.2 4 6 3 3
December 8.1 9 16 9 3
Average 5.0 12.3 6.3 2.3 2.2 1.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.2 6 8 5 5 6
February 7.0 8 8 5 6 5
March 7.2 9 9 6 7 8
April 6.4 7 8 5 5
May 6.6 5 8 6 7
June 6.0 6 7 6 6
July 4.4 5 5 5 4
August 4.0 5 4 4 4
September 4.9 5 5 5 4
October 5.0 5 3 7 5
November 4.8 5 6 4 5
December 4.9 5 6 7 5
Average 5.8 7.2 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 155° 158° 230° 165° 163°
February 164° 169° 294° 255° 303°
March 156° 161° 200° 180° 161°
April 195° 180° 174° 213°
May 173° 241° 243° 180°
June 174° 187° 169° 202°
July 178° 172° 175° 183°
August 207° 181° 196° 193°
September 177° 192° 202° 237°
October 244° 257° 168° 294°
November 221° 171° 239° 196°
December 160° 169° 162° 214°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.